Christmas In July

MooMoo and GaGa met me and the kids at Toys R Us this morning.  GaGa played with the kids while M and I picked out "school toys" for Tooter.  a.k.a. "Toys that he will get to play with while Poodle is doing kindergarten'y stuff but ones that don't require Mommy's help in order to play with them".  You know - like Matchbox cars and Tub O' Dinosaurs and Mini Train Sets and that kind of thing.  The kid loaded UP.  The trick, from what I've been told, is that he only gets to play with said toys when school is happening, so that they don't get old-hat quite as fast.

The really cool thing about all this is that MooMoo is really pro-regular school.  It's not that she doesn't think HS is a good idea.  She sees its purpose and has seen some really great kids come out of the HS "system".  It's just that she has such a close relationship with the public schools in our area.  Both because we all attended them and because she's been writing a local newspaper column for......  oh, good grief, 20 years or so that deals specifically with all things related to our local school district.  So, she's on first name terms with so many teachers and coaches and administrators.  She knows the good quality people we have in our area and she appreciates what they could do for my kids.

But, in spite of that, she and my dad want to support our endeavor this year as much as possible and make sure that both kids are getting the time and attention they need.

Mom and Dad, it really means a lot that y'all did this - it means a lot in a lot of ways.  I'm so grateful.  Thank you so much for supporting us in this not-as-common path that we're taking this year.  You may not have taken the route that we're taking, but you only wish success for us.  Thank you!  I love you both!